When Survival Hurts: Trauma and Addiction

Lasting Recovery October 29, 2018

“While psychological trauma is characterized by disruptions in a person’s sense of control, addiction can also be viewed as a disorder of control, or more accurately, an inability to control. The loss of control is insidious, often unrecognized by the ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, ALCOHOL, DETOX, DRUG ADDICTION, DRUG REHAB, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

20 Lessons for Successful Recovery

Lasting Recovery October 29, 2018

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This quote can be important to anyone who is in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction. While for most people, the past CAN be an invaluable teacher, for ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, ALCOHOL, DETOX, DRUG ADDICTION, DRUG REHAB, OUTPATIENT REHAB, RECOVERY

Pete Davidson—Highlighting the Need for Drug-Free Pain Management

Lasting Recovery October 29, 2018

“I got Crohn’s disease when I was 17 or 18, and I found that the medicines that the doctors were prescribing me and seeing all these doctors and trying new things … weed would be the only thing that would ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, DRUG ADDICTION, MARIJUANA

Jamie Lee Curtis Reflects on Sobriety

Lasting Recovery October 19, 2018

Jamie Lee Curtis Reflects on Sobriety “If you had to pinpoint one thing that will be important at the end of my life, it would be my sobriety.” ~ Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis is hotter than ever. Just ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, ALCOHOL, DRUG ADDICTION, OPIOIDS, OUTPATIENT REHAB

Helping Your Spouse Beat Addiction Without Enabling Them

Lasting Recovery October 19, 2018

Can your marriage survive drug addiction?  Of course it can, but there first needs to be some patience and understanding on your part.  Most importantly, your spouse must WANT to quit. If you are currently married to someone with any ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, ALCOHOL, CODEPENDENCY, DRUG ADDICTION, HEALTH & WELLNESS, HELP FAMILY

Cher’s Home Searched in Connection with Fentanyl Sales

Lasting Recovery October 1, 2018

On October 27, 2018, the Malibu home of singer Cher was searched in connection with an investigation involving the sale of fentanyl in Southern California. Donovan Ruiz was arrested and charged with suspicion of selling drugs. Ruiz, who lives on ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, DRUG ADDICTION, NEWS & PRESS

Outpatient Rehab for Meth Addiction in San Diego

Lasting Recovery September 30, 2018

Did you know that San Diego was once known as the “Meth Capital of the United States”? And even though there aren’t as many domestic methamphetamine labs in Southern California as there were in the 1990’s, Mexican cartels have ramped ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, DRUG ADDICTION, OUTPATIENT REHAB, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Marijuana Addiction – Getting the Outpatient Help You Need in San Diego

Lasting Recovery September 30, 2018

Why Not Pot Videos : Part 1 to Part 6 “When you have an industry that does nothing but blanket our society with messages about the medicinal value of marijuana, people get the idea this is a safe substance use. ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, DRUG ADDICTION, MARIJUANA

Finding the Best Outpatient Opioid Addiction Treatment in San Diego

Lasting Recovery September 18, 2018

Did you know that San Diego County suffered 15% of all of the opioid overdose deaths in California in 2017? This tragic statistic highlights the pressing need for effective treatment. For many people struggling with an addiction to prescription painkillers ...Read More

Categories DRUG ADDICTION, HEROIN, OPIOIDS, OUTPATIENT REHAB

What We Can Learn from Celebrity Relapses

Lasting Recovery September 8, 2018

Just within the last few weeks, two major celebrities have suffered very public relapses. In late July, singer and actress Demi Lovato overdosed on what appears to be OxyContin laced with fentanyl and had to be revived with a life-saving ...Read More

Categories ADDICTION, ALCOHOL, DRUG ADDICTION, DRUG REHAB, HEALTH & WELLNESS, HELP FAMILY, RECOVERY, SOBRIETY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE